EPISODE · Apr 12, 2023 · 16 MIN
Is Fantasy Sabotaging Your Relationships And Your Life?
from Heal Your Codependency with Marshall Burtcher · host Marshall Burtcher
The Essentials: Restoring SanityIs Fantasy Sabotaging Your Relationships And Your Life?In codependency, fantasy is a core element of how we cope with relationship systems that are not changing, yet we feel deeply dependent on for our sense of well-being, safety, connection, and worth.The brain creates fantasy as a way of giving us direction and something to hope for, especially when we do not have the resources or the capacity to confront what is really happening.Often, these fantasies start very early in childhood. We might hope that one day the parent will change into the parent we need if we love them just right or just enough, or if we're good enough.Learn a few of the major fantasies we have in codependency, how to detect them, and what to do when you notice a fantasy happening in today's episode!***Seeking help in healing codependency? Join The Heal Your Codependency Community and get access to weekly experiments, practices, and support in your healing journey: https://community.freetheself.com***Connect with me on social media and via email, and learn more about how I heal codependency permanently even when therapy and self-help efforts have failed you: https://links.freetheself.com***The Everything Forever Program is open for limited enrollment! You can get all the courses, live classes, and support calls I offer FOREVER for $1500 (normally it is $3000). Get everything I have created, am creating, and will create with a single investment of $1500.27 out of 30 spots remain (as of 4/12/2023), and enrollment closes April 18th. Join here: https://forever.freetheself.com***[The 8 Factors That Heal Codependency Permanently Workshop]This 1-day training is for codependents, perfectionists, and people-pleasers who have struggled to find healing in their private therapy or self-help efforts. I will show you why your efforts to heal from codependency haven't worked, why that is NOT your fault, and I will give you my proven strategy that makes ends your needs for codependency permanently.Specifically, you will learn:1) What the actual cause of codependent behaviors is and how that unlocks permanent healing2) The 3 Necessities that drive your well-being and happiness3) The 8 factors that end codependency permanently while creating a life you enjoyYou will also receive your opportunities to enroll in my 8-week foundation Live training, The Essential Codependency Healing Trainings. These trainings guide through implementing the essential practices and concepts that nurture the 8 Factors of Well-being in your daily life.Here are the workshop details:Date: April 26, 2023Class Time: 11am and 6pm Mountain Time (I teach it twice for your convenience)Investment: FreeReplay Availability: The replay will be available April 27, 2023Reserve your seat here: https://workshop.freetheself.com
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